Melissa Pawelski

I have joined the University of Warwick in October 2017 as a PhD student and my project is supervised by Dr Oliver Davis (French Studies) and Professor Stuart Elden (PAIS). I am based in the School of Modern Languages (French Studies).

I am particularly interested in the translation of concepts and ideas, such as pouvoir, puissance, supplice, dispositif and assujettissement. I have also started to explore Michel Foucault’s writing style and use of rhetoric, including metaphors and irony. The aim of this project is to make a contribution to the emerging disciplinary association of Translation Studies, Philosophy and Theory that recognises philosophical and theoretical texts as particularly challenging for translation.

Research interests

Translation of Philosophy and Theory

Philosophy and Theory of Translation

Michel Foucault

Philosophy of Geography

Reception and influence of philosophy and social theory in the social sciences

Conferences

11th May 2019Translating Philosophy and Theory - Style, Rhetoric and Concepts
Humanities Research Centre, University of Warwick, One Day Interdisciplinary Conference
Organiser (HRC Doctoral Fellow)https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/hrc/confs/tpt